If MJ was in place of kobe, would the lakers have won the finals?

Question

what do you guys think? would MJ (at his prime) have made a difference against the celtics?

Answer 1

The Lakers were not that good of a team to beat the Celtics... But with MJ i don't think they would of won but they would of atleast pushed a game 7.. Celtics just were way better,  Lakers are just lucky that the Spurs knocked off the Hornets  

Answer 2

im pretty sure they would have

no one can compare to mj

Answer 3

Yes.

I hate the MJ and Kobe comparisons.

Michael Jordan was a far more superior player...Kobe isn't even close.

Answer 4

YES BECAUSE HE'S JORDAN AND HE WAS GREAT AND HE DID NOT EVEN HAVE THAT GREAT PLAYERS BUT STILL HE TOOK OVER AND PLAYED LIKE IT WERE REALLY THE FINALS AND STOP TRUSTING HIS TEAM MATES AND TAKE OVER THE GAME.

Answer 5

they probably would have because he wouldnt let them play soft and would bring out the best in the players.

Answer 6

nope.. i think you should put pippen in for jordan and maybe they'd win!! jordan cant do S**t w/o pippen

Answer 7

MJ might be better but the Celtics would still be an all around better team, especially defensively.  

Answer 8

  For sure MJ has way more heart.  Look how he carried the Bulls so many times.  However, the Lakers still would have lost, the Celtics had destiny, Paul Pierce one their side not to mention Kevin Garnett who in his own right has alot of heart.

Answer 9

they probably had a much better chance of winning it all but i dont if Jordan could have beaten the celtics all by himself.

Answer 10

MJ would have carried the Lakers to victory

Answer 11

yes Pierce would not stop that or Allen

Answer 12

How many times are people gonna question how skilled Jordan was.  Go to the library and read the articles about Jordan at the time.  When he was young, he made mistakes just like anyone else, but when he matured (like Chris Paul, LeBron and others) he was unstoppable.  Besides the high flying that gave him the name "Air" Jordan ("Air" Canada a.k.a. Vince Carter had nothing on him), he could also shoot a fadeaway that was rarely if ever stopped, he could defend, he was supremely confident (he never said maybe, he said when), etc.  When Shaq was in his prime, Jordan took him out.  Remember Jason Kidd had to pause and think about his family before facing Shaq?  Well he backed down.  Jordan didn't.  He swept the team with both Shaq and Kobe on it as if they were a bunch of junior high school players.  I say all that to say this...If Jordan had been there, let's put it this way, Pierce would've had ten points or 20 in a losing effort, he would've flew past Garnett and dunked around him (getting foul shots to boot) and as for Ray Allen--even if he had gotten 30 points, Jordan didn't always need to outscore his opponent to dominate the game (though he did quite often).  And, we must be really young to think that Jordan never faced a team worse than the Celtics.  The Celtics barely squeaked past Atlanta and a one-man team in the form of LeBron James...I'm sorry guys but people called Jordan a one man team and he beat the teams he played against.  Especially with Gasol, Fisher and Odom?  Remember Jordan could get to the basket better than LeBron, Wade and Kobe combined.  They all (as Wade admitted) watched him and are trying to imitate him.  The worse part of it is, they watched his games and they still can't touch him.  Yes, of course they wouldv'e won the finals.  Unless Jordan wanted to do like Ali and let them win one year and sweep them the next year.

Answer 13

did you ever see mj play?? He played against much better defense than the Celtics...And shut down far better offensive player's than Pierce or Allen...Laker's would of won in 5 or 6...MJ is litterally 3 times better than Kobe, I know it's hard to believe, but it's the honest truth........

Answer 14

I think he could have made a difference. Bit we will never know

Answer 15

yea.. probably